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Royal Visit.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1986

ROYAL CEREMONY BRINGS POWER TO THE PEOPLE

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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL UNVEIL A PLAQUE AT CASTLE PEAK 'B' POWER STATION ON OCTOBER 22 TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE BIGGEST POWER COMPLEX IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

THE CEREMONY WILL ALSO EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANT PART BRITAIN HAS PLAYED IN THE PROJECT, WHICH THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE 1980'S HAS BROUGHT MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF BUSINESS TO BRITISH FIRMS AND HAS CREATED THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR BRITISH WORKERS.

PRINCE PHILIP WILL FLY BY HELICOPTER FROM HMS TAMAR TO CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION WHERE HE WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, WHO WILL PRESENT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LORD KADOORIE.

PRINCE PHILIP WILL THEN TOUR THE CONTROL ROOM AND TURBINE FLOOR OF THE STATION. THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE WORK IN PROGRESS WILL BE EXPLAINED TO HIM BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER, MR WILLIAM STONES.

THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE POWER STATION.

CASTLE PEAK 'B' IS THE BIGGER OF THE TWO POWER STATIONS

ON THE SITE. BY 1990 CASTLE PEAK +A+ AND +B+ WILL HAVE A GENERATING CAPACITY OF 4 350 MEGA-WATTS PRODUCED BY EIGHT COAL-FIRED GENERATORS, FOUR IN EACH STATION.

CASTLE PEAK 'A' WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 1982 BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER. ALREADY IN FULL OPERATION, IT HAS FOUR 350 MEGA-WATT GENERATORS. IT COST $6 BILLION TO BUILD.

CASTLE PEAK 'B' IS A MUCH BIGGER OPERATION. COSTING $4 BILLION IT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE FOUR 677 MEGA-WATT GENERATORS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS ALREADY IN OPERATION, THE SECOND IS ABOUT TO BE COMMISSIONED AND WORK IS WELL ON SCHEDULE FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATORS WHICH SHOULD BE IN OPERATION BY 1990.

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BRITISH FIRMS ARE PLAYING A LARGE PART IN THE PROJECT. BOILERS ARE BEING SUPPLIED BY BABCOCK POWER LTD AND THE GENERATORS BY GEC TURBINE GENERATOR COMPANY LIMITED. OTHER BRITISH COMPANIES ARE ALSO SUPPLYING EQUIPMENT AND BRITISH BANKS HAVE HELPED WITH THE FINANCING OF THE SCHEME.